Maxis heeft bekend gemaakt dat de update voor SimCity, waarmee het mogelijk is om de game offline te spelen, uit is gekomen. Onlangs liet men al weten dat de update in een testfase was aanbeland, maar nu is deze dus ook downloadbaar. De patch werd in januari al aangekondigd en bevat onderstaande wijzigingen:
The studio also released a SimCity offline FAQ and the following patch notes:
SimCity Single-Player Mode:
•Enables Offline Play.
•Single-Player Mode includes multi-city play, regional interdependence, and city specialization. Regions are saved locally and there is no limit on number of save games.
•Autosave can be disabled in Single-Player Mode in order for players to experiment and load their regions at a previous save point.
•Save As a copy feature. Players can make copies of their regions at multiple save points.
Performance:
•Optimizations in the simulator to improve performance of both Multiplayer and Single-Player Mode.
Friends:
•Friends Search now uses the Origin friend search.
